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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSeparated: Inside an American Tragedy by Jacob Soboroff
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-299219-2MSNBC correspondent Soboroff examines the origins and ramifications of the Trump administrations deliberate and systemic separation of thousands of migrant children from their parents in his harrowing and deeply informed debut.
One of several journalists who brought attention to the family separation controversy after touring a Texas holding facility in 2018, Soboroff sketches the history of deterrence-based immigration policy under presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama, and details how Trumps ire over an increase in migrant detentions led attorney general Jeff Sessions to mandate criminal charges for anyone caught illegally crossing the border.
Drawing on interviews with border security agents and White House staffers, Soboroff describes key moments in the decision-making process behind family separation, and punctuates his analysis with excerpts from asylum requests. The story of 12-year-old José and his father, Juan, who fled Guatemala for the U.S. only to be detained for months in separate facilities, is interwoven throughout. Though Trump was forced to back down from his zero-tolerance approach to border enforcement, and the issue has since fallen out of the headlines, Soboroff contends that the administration is still causing immeasurable pain and unexpected suffering to migrants. He presents a wealth of insider details, balancing his own sense of outrage with dogged reporting and vivid sketches of impacted families. The result is an impassioned, essential account of one of the most shameful chapters in modern American history. (July)
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Separated: Inside an American Tragedy by Jacob Soboroff (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jul 2020
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HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)1. Jacob Soboroff is one of the best things about MSNBC.
Garrett Haake, Cal Perry, Soboroff and Ali Velshi are the glue that keeps the network together outside of Rachael and Brian...in my very humble opinion.
Though Stephanie Ruhle rules.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)2. for the children...
leftieNanner
(14,997 posts)3. "...most shameful chapters in modern American history."
Truly. And it's not history yet. It's still happening. We are still caging children.
He was on Rachel's show last night. I know that I can't read a book like that because it would rip my heart out and throw if off a 100 story building.
I'm very glad that he is shining a light on this vile and cruel aspect of the Administration.
Nevilledog
(50,659 posts)5. Was going to put Rachel's clip up, but don't know how to link it.
Figured some of the pros here would.
EleanorR
(2,373 posts)4. I remember when they refused to let the children have free flu vaccines, even after 3 kids had died
One boy died alone on a concrete floor. They're all just monsters.